passionate
/ˈpæʃənət/adjective
1- showing or caused by strong feelings or a strong belief热情的; 感情强烈的:
passionate pleas for help
急切寻求帮助
he's passionate about football.
他酷爱足球。
1.1
- showing or caused by intense feelings of sexual love情欲强烈的:
a passionate kiss.
深情的一个吻。
1.2
- dominated by or easily affected by intense emotion易动情的, 情绪激昂的:
a strong-minded and passionate man.
一个意志坚强但易动感情的人。
派生词
passionately
adverbpassionateness
noun词源
late Middle English (also in the senses 'easily moved to passion' and 'enraged'): from medieval Latin passionatus 'full of passion', from passio ( see PASSION).